Why Do Your Parents Love Cracker Barrel So Much?

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  • @weirdhistoryfood
    @weirdhistoryfood  ปีที่แล้ว +52

    What menu item is your Cracker Barrel go-to?

    • @bighuge1060
      @bighuge1060 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love their turnip greens & ham, especially with the vinegar on the side. I also love their breakfast sausage and the cheese & potato casserole. It may not be healthy food but it's good-tasting food and a wonderful place. My place of work treated their employees to catered food from the local Cracker barrel for Thanksgiving. It's also the only place to find old school sodas and candies. Unless the company does something crazy, I will remain a loyal patron.

    • @BurtSampson
      @BurtSampson ปีที่แล้ว +7

      pancakes, and biscuits and jelly.

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pancakes!!!

    • @johnhammond6248
      @johnhammond6248 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The chicken fried chicken with turnip greens, mac n cheese, and hashbrown casserole. eatin it rn

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're closing here. th-cam.com/video/xcQvdGvh410/w-d-xo.html

  • @crywolfe210
    @crywolfe210 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    I still can’t believe they fired Brad’s wife

    • @ghostgang3847
      @ghostgang3847 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This ol boy is stormin

    • @uhlfam2011
      @uhlfam2011 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maaann that was a huge deal back in the day.

    • @rainydaygaming5507
      @rainydaygaming5507 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same. Justice for Brad's wife.

    • @nottjulie
      @nottjulie ปีที่แล้ว

      Right?!

    • @outofpowder
      @outofpowder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Brad's wife was the best.

  • @michellechou2659
    @michellechou2659 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    My late step-grandpa loved Cracker Barrel. This was one of the restaurants he would stop by during their annual migration between Georgia and Newfoundland, where Grandma was from. Seeing this video is making me missing him again.

    • @zombiasnow15
      @zombiasnow15 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      May your Granddad Rest in Peace❤

    • @michellechou2659
      @michellechou2659 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zombiasnow15 He definitely is. Grandma passed away right before the Pandemic, and he had been telling me every time how much he had missed Grandma and cannot wait to join her. They had been married for over 65 years before Grandma’s passing. And although I’m still missing them terribly much, knowing that they are now together is definitely making me feel better.

    • @Foreseer117
      @Foreseer117 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@michellechou2659 That gut punched me hard. I'm glad they are at least together in whatever comes after.

  • @RinnovaRaine
    @RinnovaRaine ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This is how good this channel is.... This video was so captivating I watched it from start to finish despite the nearest Cracker Barrel being five hours away and I've never been there.

    • @amyrussell860
      @amyrussell860 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @RinnovaRaine Well, what are you waiting for? It's ONLY a 5 hour drive!

    • @JacksonWalter735
      @JacksonWalter735 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same, but 4 hours from me

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s worth driving 5 hours for! I promise! If you love biscuits and gravy, they do a damn good job!

  • @Lkydog8165
    @Lkydog8165 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Cracker Barrel is one of my all-time favorite restaurants to go eat at... And getting to shop in their Old Country Store I love it

    • @mandy3486
      @mandy3486 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My kids love it on a road trip for a candy and a cheap toy

  • @ginadevenish6113
    @ginadevenish6113 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My parents love Cracker Barrel. They used to take my sister and I there every Sunday after church. They would let us get candy every time we went. To this day it’s still their Sunday tradition

  • @randomweirdo25
    @randomweirdo25 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I was told by an employee in Nashville. They have antiques in the store but one in each store is always upside down.

  • @rab52764
    @rab52764 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    It's kinda strange. I look for Cracker Barrel when I'm on a road trip, but there's one not too far from my house, and we never even think about it when we're going out to eat.

    • @robertkennedy8503
      @robertkennedy8503 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same, for some reason they are never a choice, we have nothing against it, it's just that there is nothing appealing about it, maybe they need an image change or a better publicist.

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@robertkennedy8503 damn

    • @giraffesinc.2193
      @giraffesinc.2193 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Likewise! There is one on the way to my folks' house and we have never eaten there!

    • @knockeledup
      @knockeledup ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s only for road trips!

    • @Trance88
      @Trance88 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@knockeledup Right?! It's like an unwritten law. You only go to Cracker Barrel if its not local.

  • @bighuge1060
    @bighuge1060 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    They had (and may still have) the best-tasting breakfast sausage I've ever had. Whether you go there to shop or eat, it's a wonderful business. Thankfully, the town I moved to has one.

  • @dwighttaylor2275
    @dwighttaylor2275 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I worked for cracker barrel 33.5 years . We were treated good . I retired 12 years ago . And i would do it again in a new york minute . . God bless mr evins. T.d. t

  • @chipskylark172
    @chipskylark172 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    You know Cracker Barrel’s famous motto “ when you’re here,make sure you set your watch back 75 years”

    • @jessemiller2697
      @jessemiller2697 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "When you're here, it's too far, turn back the way you came. "

    • @Anghroth
      @Anghroth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Xecutioner. hey, nice...Trump Derangement Syndrome in person :D

    • @James-es1fg
      @James-es1fg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More like 150 years

  • @LeandroFTW
    @LeandroFTW ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I worked as a host a Cracker Barrel and it was an awesome job! I wish they had them on the west coast. I miss it.

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just heard they closed all the Cracker Barrels in Portland Oregon.

    • @BeyondDaX
      @BeyondDaX ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I dunno if the Crackle Barrel would do too well on the west coast though. Maybe in central california but other than that.

    • @giraffesinc.2193
      @giraffesinc.2193 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is one in Rancho Cucamonga!

    • @holyflamelegendvargas2804
      @holyflamelegendvargas2804 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's one in Santa Maria, California that's piqued my interest when I pass by. Not really much of a restaurant guy though.

    • @shdwbro
      @shdwbro ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@holyflamelegendvargas2804 try it once and you won’t be disappointed. Make an exception for Cracker Barrel

  • @Adam-gj3dn
    @Adam-gj3dn ปีที่แล้ว +136

    You should do a video about girl scout cookies! They just left a flyer at my door and I was wondering what's the history behind it.

    • @hazeltade3679
      @hazeltade3679 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The history of the organization as a whole is actually pretty interesting they have a lot of information easy to find online if you’re curious

    • @Kritacul
      @Kritacul ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hazeltade3679 yeah like how the support an “organization” that kills kids.

    • @lookoutforchris
      @lookoutforchris ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@hazeltade3679 but we need it narrated by this guy with a bunch of corny jokes sprinkled in.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @lookoutforchris Absolutely. I refuse to listen to any other narrator when it comes to this channel. This guy is great!

  • @thatrikan
    @thatrikan ปีที่แล้ว +72

    it would be interesting to see the history of a southeastern fast food chain called Bojangles. It is based out of NC and is a tremendous competitor with Popeyes.

    • @bridaw8557
      @bridaw8557 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They have good fried chicken. Generous pieces and not overloaded with salt.

    • @gojirajazz
      @gojirajazz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh I love this place! Yes, please do the history of a big regional favorite

    • @RayyRayyRAWr
      @RayyRayyRAWr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love me some Bojangles!

    • @therandomnessoftheuniverse
      @therandomnessoftheuniverse ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love Bojangles

    • @sinepari9160
      @sinepari9160 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah but popeyes was black-ist so it still exists

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "The name 'Cracker Barrel' has a double meaning..."
    It sure does where I grew up! And son, it ain't good!

  • @duffyy1
    @duffyy1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cracker Barrel was always a favourite stop during our road trips. Always good to come back and the menu is still the same.

  • @adcamper92
    @adcamper92 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh I love their food!!

  • @tregggabbard6917
    @tregggabbard6917 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I worked at an Indiana Cracker Barrel for ten years and I can say our tiny retail section is missing out on that old stove

    • @cody1964
      @cody1964 ปีที่แล้ว

      The amount of times someone asked me to buy that damn stove lmao, was told I didn't know what I was talking about and to go get the manager a couple times... the good ol' days.

  • @Nananea
    @Nananea ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The severance package joke had me laughing out loud. Thanks!

  • @theproffessional9
    @theproffessional9 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    You guys should do a video on Ponderosa, Church's chicken and taco maker, I'd love to see the history

    • @glam2gobeauty811
      @glam2gobeauty811 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yes Ponderosa . I miss that

    • @pam8962
      @pam8962 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They have I miss Churches ⛪️ chicken 🐔 😢

    • @pam8962
      @pam8962 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jalapeños on the side

    • @DannyPimienta
      @DannyPimienta ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +1 for Ponderosa, I have childhood memories of the one in West Hartford, CT.

    • @c.ladimore1237
      @c.ladimore1237 ปีที่แล้ว

      churches chicken was the best! KFC is junk compared to them

  • @Christoph52
    @Christoph52 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I'm from Canada. When my parents visited the US and went told me they went to Cracker Barrel restaurant for the first time, I was like "woow an entire restaurant dedicated to cheese??" 😂 Now I know I gotta check this place out

    • @zombiasnow15
      @zombiasnow15 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same here, Canadian.
      I heard about the Cracker Barrel Restaurant when I was a teen and I was hoping one day, our family travels would bring me there. But it never happened 😢
      But hey, I’m not dead yet!😂

    • @MisterOcclusion
      @MisterOcclusion ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍 same here. I just thought it was a brand of cheese

    • @chromicapop4595
      @chromicapop4595 ปีที่แล้ว

    • @TakBonez
      @TakBonez ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Gotta warn y'all Canadians, don't get too excited. It's not worth going out of your way for. If you're hungry and happen to pass one by, or it's around the area you're staying, sure give it a try. The food is pretty bland, and unseasoned, nothing special. The Decor/Asthetics and the fact it's reasonably cheap is the appeal.

    • @Ric278
      @Ric278 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TakBonez Its a tourist trap.. sorry Canada !

  • @dougjoyfountain9295
    @dougjoyfountain9295 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We always eat at a cracker barrel when travelling on I75 to Florida when possible. Love their gift shop too.

  • @davidthomas283
    @davidthomas283 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It opened up in our town and so far popular!

  • @K9TheFirst1
    @K9TheFirst1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:28 - Remember folks, "Leb-Anon" is a country in the Middle East. "Lebn'n" is a small city in Middle Tennessee, and birthplace of Cracker Barrel

  • @TheOtherBill
    @TheOtherBill ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved you opening with that short clip from the Cracker Barrel episode of "Julia Tries Everything" on Delish. That series will make you super hungry!

  • @sxrvsvct7911
    @sxrvsvct7911 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didnt know my parents love this place? Never even seen them set foot and they already love it?! Wow!

  • @cohenb18
    @cohenb18 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Would love to see you guys do a video about the history of the Dairy Queen chain

  • @cygnia
    @cygnia ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dairy Queen might be worth a video on!

  • @sugarplum5824
    @sugarplum5824 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love their apple butter and fortunately, they sell it in their stores.

  • @hylianarmy0
    @hylianarmy0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have never been to a Cracker Barrel.
    We had one open up here in my city last summer, but the place has been consistently packed every time I pass by.

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That should tell you it's good and worth the wait lol ;)

    • @cody1964
      @cody1964 ปีที่แล้ว

      you should go on Thanksgiving day, generally a 5 hour wait if youre not there when they open. People would be rude af about the wait as if it was personal.

    • @dwighttaylor2275
      @dwighttaylor2275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please come and eat with us . The food is great

  • @Idiotwriter711
    @Idiotwriter711 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm not gonna lie but that thumbnail made me hungry AF

  • @theycallmethebreeze144
    @theycallmethebreeze144 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10:36- Shout out to Stephen Lee: Wheels on Meals! That was a great day, reviewing the controversial Cracker Barrel Impossible Sausage!

    • @2helix2helix
      @2helix2helix ปีที่แล้ว

      Seems pretty shady that you used his clip but won't let him drop his link Weird Food History. 🤔

    • @theycallmethebreeze144
      @theycallmethebreeze144 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? I tried also. Got taken down each time. Be real, Weird History. Support other creators, especially if you are going to use their content.

  • @JaimeLeighArt
    @JaimeLeighArt ปีที่แล้ว +46

    My 17 year old daughter is a Cracker Barrel waitress. We eat there about once a month I’d say. She likes working there but the tips are all over the place. I think she’s learning a lot about the real world from the job! Their chicken fingers are divine 😋

    • @Jay-my5fb
      @Jay-my5fb ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I gave a like simply for describing a chicken finger as divine. 😂❤

    • @Becauseimme
      @Becauseimme ปีที่แล้ว

      MILF

    • @TheHoneycomb5
      @TheHoneycomb5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you're white. Lol Mostly I worked with in the past are racist as fuck

    • @JaimeLeighArt
      @JaimeLeighArt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jay-my5fb in my opinion they really are that good 😂

  • @ichibanmanekineko
    @ichibanmanekineko ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I'm not ashamed to say that I love Cracker Barrel!!

    • @narwhalorder7279
      @narwhalorder7279 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This the most boomer comment I’ve seen on TH-cam in awhile

    • @Tweb
      @Tweb ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good for you! Personally, I like the food in their dumpster better

    • @strawberrycherrybaby
      @strawberrycherrybaby ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should be 😂

    • @sugarplum5824
      @sugarplum5824 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@narwhalorder7279 ???

    • @asherdie
      @asherdie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are crap compared to 30 years ago

  • @maryaltshuller885
    @maryaltshuller885 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm not a fan of overloaded carbs but I love their gift shops. I once picked up a glass "statue" of a golfer in mid-swing and gave to my late husband. We both used to golf. Now I use it as a doorstop.

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cracker Barrel nailed Covid operation in MN. They did a great job with cleaning and separation of tables.

  • @bushitwo6367
    @bushitwo6367 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I didn’t know about the discrimination stuff. But I love their food and their store! ❤ it’s my favorite breakfast place!

  • @rodneycooperjr3223
    @rodneycooperjr3223 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Before podcasts and Audible, I used to like going there to get books on CD. You could rent from one and return to another. Some of those John Grisham books were like 6 CDs long. It was great😁

  • @AFOLegos
    @AFOLegos ปีที่แล้ว +5

    been waiting for a cracker barrel one 🥺🥺🥺

  • @BladedEdge
    @BladedEdge ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is just this feel-good story about a guy from a rich family making a restaurant to play on people's nostalgia until 9:10 when it's like, oh. Oh this is the worst company. Wow. What a tone change.

    • @VunderGuy
      @VunderGuy ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? Using Weird History Food's Yankee logic, Chic Fil A should have suffered massive backlash because of their non-Rainbow mafia friendly executive from a populist ground swell of angry LGBLT customers, yet the upswell came from people who supported Chic Fil A, which undermines his point about Cracked Barrel and only goes to show that the uproar there wasn't natural or from people who form its regular customer base but was entirely a concerted media effort from the top down to dogpile on Cracker Barrel just like the outrage was for Chic Fil A. Seriously, he's the kind of dumb, out of touch New Yorker who thought you could bully a country with as much of a market and customer base as Russia like it was one of the many smaller and less powerful countries that's worked on to any kind of effect.

  • @ryproar11
    @ryproar11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay! Now I get my answer to my favorite Sunday breakfast place origin story.

  • @CheapSquierBassPlayer
    @CheapSquierBassPlayer ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love Cracker Barrel so much, and they have an awesome old school candy selection.

    • @bighuge1060
      @bighuge1060 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. This is where I found Skybars again.

    • @cody1964
      @cody1964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the Classic Sodas!

  • @MikaelaKMajorHistory
    @MikaelaKMajorHistory ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I first visited a Cracker Barrel near Richmond (Mechanicsville, yes that’s the name) on the way to Virginia Beach. My mom is half white and my dad is Korean. The white families sitting behind us kept staring at us in confusion. Whether it’s because we were Asian or because my mom looked white and all her kids looked nothing like her, we would never know.
    But our biscuits were over salted that day and I’ll never forget that.

    • @mersea.714
      @mersea.714 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry you had that experience. I’m in Virginia Beach and luckily we’re more diverse here than around Richmond. If you take the road trip again, Aunt Sarah’s Pancake House was a favorite of mine while passing through Richmond. Or if you eat in Virginia Beach, try The Beach Pub.

    • @MikaelaKMajorHistory
      @MikaelaKMajorHistory ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mersea.714 Virginia Beach itself was lovely. We avoided the expensive hotel restaurants and went for local food and it was so much cheaper with bigger portions. I just think the ocean has a vendetta with me 😅 once it stole my glasses and the next time I cut my foot on something sharp in the water.
      I frankly enjoyed the non-beach activities more.

    • @toddjenkins2561
      @toddjenkins2561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try going to Korea, you'll get even more stares

    • @MikaelaKMajorHistory
      @MikaelaKMajorHistory ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@toddjenkins2561 actually, I got told that I look very pretty, but specifically because I have white @ss skin. Weirdly, people will either comment that I look Japanese or ask me if I got a nose job done (I have not).
      My mom often gets mistaken for a Russian and people get shocked when she speaks Korean fluently. However, I don’t think we got too many stares. We were always with groups of Korean relatives, so if anything, they warded off the potential stares.

    • @toddjenkins2561
      @toddjenkins2561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MikaelaKMajorHistoryinteresting.

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please do The History of Golden Corral

  • @DUCEDUCEVA
    @DUCEDUCEVA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've watched every video! The history of Krystal's or Whataburger would be cool

  • @ItsMickey
    @ItsMickey ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Only been here once, it was sinfully delicious

  • @MrBooone
    @MrBooone ปีที่แล้ว

    my new fav channel to watch while I'm eating, beeeeell dinged and subbed

  • @kymberleyruffin6826
    @kymberleyruffin6826 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now, it’s time to do Buckees!

  • @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts
    @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interest backstory. TFS! ❤

  • @strangesoren2694
    @strangesoren2694 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still love them. When traveling during the summer, me and my parents always stopped at one.

  • @92RKID
    @92RKID ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Cracker Barrel! They are my favorite restaurant for when going to visit my grandparents in Illinois. The fried okra and chicken and dumplings are amazing. But then I just really like their food, period.

  • @mildredlackey1938
    @mildredlackey1938 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Cracker Barrel Restaurants , i stop at them when possable, thanks,

  • @bettysmith4641
    @bettysmith4641 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Chicken and dumplings, fried okra, Mac and cheese,and of course mashed potatoes 😋

  • @jaerockchalk3216
    @jaerockchalk3216 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i remember going there on our trips from Toronto to Orlando for vacation , amazing food and environment from what i can remember

  • @good.goshjosh
    @good.goshjosh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to see a video on buffet chains and their history if you haven’t done one yet!

  • @SaFire98
    @SaFire98 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't been to a Cracker Barrel in many, many, many years! There used to be one here in my hometown, like back in the 70's, for quite a few years. My dad used to take us there every now and then. It was good and, it was fun.
    Not sure why they closed it down. It was located right next to the express way/toll way. So, there were/are travelers always driving by that area. I wish it was still here. There are a some scattered in a few suburbs away from me. The closest one is some 16 miles away (which is not really too far). Maybe one day I will get over there.

  • @karmagirl314
    @karmagirl314 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "roadside mashed potato dispensary" yeah that's spot on.

  • @laurieleon9201
    @laurieleon9201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Cracker Barrel and their good old fashion morels.

    • @timothyivey5497
      @timothyivey5497 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's spelled 'morals', and there's nothing immoral about being homosexual. But it is immoral to discriminate against homosexuals and people of color, which is exactly what Cracker Barrel did.

    • @laurieleon9201
      @laurieleon9201 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timothyivey5497 You obviously don't have the same beliefs as I do or the Bible. As for color people I love what my father in heaven loves. And he so loved the world. And I love having morals. Not prefect. But I will not lie to you and say gays will go to heaven. Anyone tell you otherwise is lying to you. Leviticus chapter 20, verse 13

  • @jamestheweirdo
    @jamestheweirdo ปีที่แล้ว

    2:57 i just realized, that's the cracker barrel I go to 😂

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yep, the only time I'm at a Cracker Barrel is when I'm on the road.
    The store doesn't get much of my business, except for candy I can't find anywhere else, lol.

  • @ammiebaker2911
    @ammiebaker2911 ปีที่แล้ว

    So once more I'd love love to hear about the Ground Round .. please.. hehehe

  • @tedd8055
    @tedd8055 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Besides the great food, my favorite is the candy in the country store. They have some candy I grew up on...and I'm 73 years old. 🙂

  • @dem0nchild610
    @dem0nchild610 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never ate at cracker barrel but my house growing up looked like that store

  • @mistyarcher802
    @mistyarcher802 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just went to cracker barrel a couple of days ago 😂 it's one of our family get-together restaurants!

  • @FatGuyTries
    @FatGuyTries ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Boy I sure love cracker barrel. Over the years this was by far my favorite place to dine and dash. After every crack binge I would be sure to make time for cracker barrel. Even stole one of the rockers right off the porch to give my mom for Mother's Day one year. Wow this sure brings back memories.

    • @Padachugi
      @Padachugi ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait, what? Lmao

    • @FatGuyTries
      @FatGuyTries ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Padachugi wish I was joking. I've done over 50 eat and go's at cracker barrel alone. That's a conservative estimate. Paying in the country store was a very flawed system so I exploited it. Sure that's how to get people to buy their tchotchkes. The idea was people would shop in the store on the way out while paying their food bill. Yes, I was a real POS growing up.

    • @FatGuyTries
      @FatGuyTries ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm an old man now and of course don't do these sort of hijinks anymore. This was all from the time I was like 18-25 years old

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Padachugi It's been in the news lately that Cracker Barrel closed all their stores and pulled out of Portland, Oregon due to massive losses from local residents shoplifting and leaving without paying for their food. It's called "reparations".

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Heike-- i bet you miss the “good old days” huh? 😂

  • @eltonjohntubola3212
    @eltonjohntubola3212 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Brad's Wife would have made Cracker Barrel better.
    (Obligatory Brad's Wife comment)

    • @patrickdurham8393
      @patrickdurham8393 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only those from Lebanon understand!

    • @timothyivey5497
      @timothyivey5497 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@patrickdurham8393 Or those who've had internet and Facebook since 2017, which is practically the entire country. You don't have to be from Lebanon; that's ridiculous.

  • @juandacharroninja
    @juandacharroninja ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Speaking of gasoline stops/food franchises, could you talk about Bucc-es's?

  • @shaunreinert5202
    @shaunreinert5202 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Road trip must!!

  • @LilAngelNat83
    @LilAngelNat83 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Speaking of Cracker Barrel…Can you do a Denny’s video next?

  • @supergg07
    @supergg07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Cracker Barrel!!! Unfortunately I live 140 miles away from it

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    Adam Devine is at 0:09 on the video....
    I used to go downtown in Lincoln, Nebraska and I once met Adam Devine at a bar named Brothers. He is from Omaha and liked to go out on the O Street strip.

  • @micheledeetlefs6041
    @micheledeetlefs6041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Middle Tennessee, about 20 minutes from the flagship store and headquarters. You guys missed the biggest controversy Cracker Barrel ever got involved with. That came when they decided to sell alcoholic beverages at the store. You see, in the south, most conservative Christian Protestant denominations officially are still dry, or, in other words, advocate against the drinking of alcohol. Cracker Barrel is habitually the place where families gather after church, especially those of conservative Protestant Christian denominations. So you can imagine the absolute horror when Sister Bertha and her family arrived for their weekly after church meal and found that beer and wine were on the damn menu. There were actually protesters outside the main Cracker Barrel behind it. And every time you went in passed them, they gave you the evil eye.
    My husband is from South Africa. When they tried to make a fuss about us going in, he just put on his deepest South African accent and said "but in my country, Christian's drink, rather than judge each other."
    They all shut up and let us go in.

  • @annasahlstrom6109
    @annasahlstrom6109 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like Cracker Barrel. The food is not figure friendly but I don't eat there for health reasons.

  • @leslietarkin
    @leslietarkin ปีที่แล้ว

    I love CB! When my family & I go on vacation we always eat at a CB. My favorite is the one in Daytona at the Daytona Raceway. It's decorated in all things NASCAR.

  • @Jakepearl13
    @Jakepearl13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have yet to eat there,but I’m looking forward to it for sure

  • @SinisterMD
    @SinisterMD ปีที่แล้ว

    You had me at "Depression-era Batcave."

  • @johnskipper7060
    @johnskipper7060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a great place to eat love the food there especially the breakfast

  • @SmilingAtheist
    @SmilingAtheist ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Cracker Barrel is as down home as is an Olive Garden is an true Italian cuisine that most people wouldn’t have a clue about. Both probably have fresh food right of the freezer , that came out of a box , that have the same standard ingredients that came out of a factory.

    • @bagnome
      @bagnome ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Doesn't matter. It's cheap and tastes good.

    • @tapatton9
      @tapatton9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@bagnomeThat's the most American response possible.

    • @SKMP
      @SKMP ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tapatton9 America practically invented the whole “cheap and tastes good” standard lol

  • @voidfilan5055
    @voidfilan5055 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have to drive a hour away but luv their meatloaf 😻👍

  • @jasminemcphail3614
    @jasminemcphail3614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love cracker barrel. Their food is delicious 😋

  • @jared6343
    @jared6343 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Cracker" Barrel's got a third meaning nowadays lmaooo

  • @JamesSmith-pc6bh
    @JamesSmith-pc6bh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love cracker barrel. The food is delicious and the service is always amazing. Unfortunately I only get to go there about once a year.

  • @pam8962
    @pam8962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the candy 🍬 😋

  • @jonsmith6496
    @jonsmith6496 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank god! It’s the dude! 👍👍👍👍

  • @janeckrote3958
    @janeckrote3958 ปีที่แล้ว

    We love racket Barrel and visit every chance we get

  • @parrotlove30
    @parrotlove30 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whenever we went on a vacation when I was a kid/teen we would eat here at least a couple times. This year we are getting our Turkey day meal from them. 2 turkey breast, dressing, rolls, mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, a pumpkin pie, a pecan pie, and 2 slices of Dutch apple pie. And pancake tacos for breakfast.

  • @frankwren8215
    @frankwren8215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As an Australian, this kind of store is sorely missed in a nation that has never had such a thing.
    Also, brad's wife something or other.

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham8393 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I live in Lebanon TN and the original restaurant site still exists as a Mexican restaurant. The new store in downtown Lebanon is designated #2. One of my neighbors worked acquiring the antiques for store decor and flew around the country searching for them. I still love the food but feel adding alcohol lessened the down home family vibe. I also enjoy the vintage candies in the store part.

    • @alisonp3398
      @alisonp3398 ปีที่แล้ว

      My sister and her family live in Mt. Juliet and I never knew the first one started there. I also love the vintage candies that are so hard to find (in person cause you can find anything online). I love the candy sticks, bubble gum is my favorite ❤

  • @Monica-McAppl3t0sh
    @Monica-McAppl3t0sh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "they're all probably haunted" 🤣

  • @zombiasnow15
    @zombiasnow15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with one of the other posters on here.
    Please do a video on the history of Ponderosa

  • @salmonella4u
    @salmonella4u ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have loved Cracker Barrel for years. It's not "old people's food" to me. I'm not old, yet. 😉

  • @BlazingLee0610
    @BlazingLee0610 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a Cracker Barrel on Kent Island where I grew up, and it's always busy. Nice place to go though. Lol

  • @newyorkcitytrucking1215
    @newyorkcitytrucking1215 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see TH-camr Steven Lee at 10:38 that dude rules

  • @austinanthony9168
    @austinanthony9168 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shocked that there’s only one “Brad’s wife” comment so far. I guess it’s slowly dying away lol

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was one of the last national sit-down restaurants I went to, the environment was probably my favorite part about it.

    • @squirrelcovers6340
      @squirrelcovers6340 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's whyte😂

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@squirrelcovers6340 I can train you to be a better follower.

  • @gregbolls7815
    @gregbolls7815 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love cracker barrel, good food at a good price, and good place to get gifts.

  • @DianaThomas-kp8ll
    @DianaThomas-kp8ll ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love to go there

  • @feresmourali5783
    @feresmourali5783 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am neither a vegetarian nor a vegan, but if they can order something from the same menu as me I do not see that as a problem. Whatever the reason for not eating something it is worse to force someone to consume it than someone else who has to abstain from it for one damn meal. It ain't all future meals.

    • @harambo88
      @harambo88 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah but then they eat in the same room with me. i can stand rats, cute. cockroaches, not so much but on travel. but a vegetarian in the same room as where i eat, i vomit straight trough your shop

  • @SynysterGoose
    @SynysterGoose ปีที่แล้ว

    I love grandmas old fashioned razed blades

  • @joytotheworld2100
    @joytotheworld2100 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 65...of course I love Cracker Barrel.